DLA Bulletin Volume 33, Number 1

Vo1.33,No.1
Summer 1979
BULLETIN
DLA Fall
Conference
The Delaware Library Association Fall Conference will
be held in cooperation with the Middle Atlantic Regional
Library Federation on Tuesday, October 2, at Host Farm
in Lancaster, Pa.
For the Delaware group, three interesting workshops
have been planned:
The two concurrent morning workshops will be:
"Using Volunteers in Libraries," conducted by Janet
Heiser, Coordinator of Volunteer Services at the Enoch
Pratt Free Library; and "Assertiveness for Librarians,"
conducted by Dr. Patricia Wisch of the YHMA and YWHA
of Philadelphia. Dr. Wisch has previously led assertive­ness
workshops directed specifically to library problems.
The two concurrent afternoon workshops wiJl be a
repeat of the "Assertiveness" Workshop and "Informa­tion
Networking at the Local Level," with keynoter Lilly
Seward from the Maryland State Department of Educa­tion.
The panel consists of: Susan Davi from the
Foundation Center at the University of Delaware Li­brary;
Mary Glick of the United Way of Delaware; and
Gail Gill of the Delaware Academy of Medicine.
Persons attending the "Information Networking"
workshop are encouraged to bring information to the
discussion about centers of information within their own
institutions. Questions to be addressed during the
workshop are: what can be done in my own library, how
can we best bring together resources and then share
information about them and utilize them.
Following the above programs, the Legislative Commit­tee,
chaired by Florence Brown, will present a program
entitled, "What You Got to Give to Get What You Want:
Learning who our friends are, Identifying what the issues
are." Caroline Arden of the Graduate Department of
Library and Information Sciences, Catholic University of
America, will speak of this topic and following her talk,
the results of the questionnaire which was mailed to
members by the Legislative Committee will be discussed.
Business meetings will be held by the College and
Research Libraries Division and the Public Libraries
Division. Following these, the Delaware Library Associa­tion
will hold a business meeting and conference orienta­tion.
We will join the Pennsylvania Library Association at
an evening banquet.
On October 3 through 5 the program for the Middle
Atlantic Regional Library Federation will include meet­ings
on AACR II, online searching, copyright, government
documents, services to children, storytelling and many
other topics. The featured speaker on Thursday, October
4 at the banquet will be Davud Halberstam, author of The
Best and the Brighest and The Powers that Be.
The last MARLF Conference was held six years ago.
This is an opportunity to attend a really big meeting at a
location near home. There will be a large number of
exhibitors at the meeting as well. Plan to spend several
days at MARLF! For registration information call Jane
Hukill, 478-3000 or John Painter, 856-5438, MARLF Re­presentatives
from the Delaware Library Association.
Scholarships & Awards Presented at DLA Spring Conference
Photo: Scholarship chair Floyd Hardy presents Linda
Thomas with a $300.00 scholarship.
Floyd Hardy, DLA Scholarship Committee presented
two Estelle E. Wheelis Scholarships at the DLA Spring
Conference April 27, 1979. The recepients of the $300.00
awards were Evelyn Brownlee, from Wilmington, who
will graduate ftom Drexel University in September, and
Linda Thomas, from Middletown who will begin at the
University of Maryland this fall.
At the DLA Spring Conference, two special awards were
presented:
Dr. John Dawson, who is retiring as the Director of the
University of Delaware Library, received a certificate of
appreciation from DLA. The Association and the
College and Research Libraries Division presented Dr .
Dawson with a silver tray and cordials.
Mrs. Ruth Mitchell, President of the Milford Library
Board was presented a certificate of meritorous service
by the Association and a corsage from the Public Library
Division.
Harrington
Public
Library
Celebrates First Anniversary
The Harrington Public Library and the Greater Har­rington
Historical Society co-sponsored a Heritage Day
program on August 11, 1979. This day was to celebrate the
first anniversary of both organizations.
This program was in the beginning to simply be a day of
recognition for the first anniversary of the opening of the
Harrington Public Library. The library is the first of
three modular libraries in the state of Delaware. The
Kent County Parks and Recreation at the same time were
approaching several towns in Kent and Sussex Counties to
have a Heritage Day program which they were offering
through a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum.
The Library itself was already planning for its anniver­sary
and since we had already co-sponsored a program
with the Historical Society we suggested they be ap­proached.
To make a long story short we decided to join
forces and combine our celebrations to make one
hopefully successful Heritage Day.
With the help of many local groups and individuals
plans got under way for what quickly turned into a very
large celebration. We invited vertually every local club,
organIzation, church and the Chamber of Commerce to
join us in this program and almost all of them helped in
some way.
The events of the day started with Opening Ceremonies
which included Jacquie Davis, Librarian, Mr. Ken
McKnatt, President of the Greater Harrington Historical
Society, The Honorable William Paskey, President, Kent
County Levy Court, Joan Burrit, Kent County Parks &
Recreation, The Honorable Arthur Cahall, III, Mayor of
Harrington, Miss Sylvia Short, Director, Division of
Libraries and Mrs. Charlotte Gagne, President, Harring­ton
Library Advisory Council.
Immediately following opening ceremonies the events
of the day were begun. These events covered a multitude
of things from the Childrens Caravan to Craft Demonstra­tions
such as Basketmaking, Caning, Carving, Cross Cut
Sawing, Horse Shoeing, Lye Soapmaking and Strawberry
Cupmaking. There were other attractions such as a Craft
Bazaar and Flea Market which consisted of some 42
different booths. An Antique Car Show, Antique Farm
Equipment Museum, Miniature Train Rides, Quilt Exhib­it,
Square Dance Demonstrations, Conrail Train and
Station Tours, a bicycle Rodeo and much much more.
Throughout the day there was musical entertainment of
which were many local choral groups, a folk guitar group,
and a hillbilly band.
At 1: 30 in the afternoon there was a "Special Event" held
on the lawn of the city hall which included a Guest
Speaker - Dr. Claudia Bushman from the University of
Delaware. Dr. Bushman addressed herself to the
Heritage of Harrington and the preservation of history.
Her speech was followed with a panel discussion on "What
Happened Here and What Can Happen". The Historical
Society also did some recording of oral histories of local
people.
There was a 'walking tour and a brochure to direct the
participants of the tour. The local newspaper, The
Harrington Journal, did a supplement especially for the
week of Heritage Day. There were posters and fliers all
over town and surrounding areas.
Friday, August 10, the Library Advisory Council and
The Friends of the Library sponsored a Barn Dance. The
dance was attended by some 350 people and was the
kick-off to Heritage Day.
Both events were well attended and a good time was
had by all despite the extreme heat of the day and the rain
which only caused the cancellation of t.Ile last part of the
program a Gong Show and Street Dances.
DEADLINES
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Please submit articles to : Emily McKnatt
Sussex Centrai High School
Georgetown, DE 19947
856-6586
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Children's Summer Programs Successful
Wilmington, Dover, Milford, Seaford and Lewes Public
Libraries reported tremendous success with their Sum­mer
Reading Programs. Children signed up for the
program in the library and those who successfully met the
requirements were given awards. Although details, such
as age levels, varied from library to library, they all had
one thing in common: many children were reading.
Lewes had 107 children sign up and 45 complete the
program. Wilmington had 13, Dover 43, and Seaford had
25 complete their programs. Books and certificates were
given as awards at cookie and lemonade parties for the
children. The children in Lewes received a special treat
because those who signed up for the program at the
library also signed up at a participating MacDonalds. The
children who completed the program were given a free
hamburger and juice courtesy of MacDonalds. Seaford,
Lewes and Dover reported an outstanding increase in
their circulation this summer - for adult books as well as
children's.
Another excellent program this summer was the
Children's Caravan. The white van that brought storytell­ing
and puppet shows attracted many children to the
library. Lewes reported an attendance of 30 - 40 and
Seaford 55 - 125 children each week. Several librarians
commented on the favorable response to this program and
hoped it would continue. The project was sponsored by
the Division of Libraries.
Wilmington Library sponsored several children's pro­grams
this summer. A magic show featuring Joe
Brennan drew an audience of 250 children. Five winners,
one from each of five age groups, were selected for the
Poster Contest and awarded a book.
DLA OFFICERS
Officers for 1979 - 1980 were elected at the Delaware
Library Association business meeting, April 27, 1979, at
the Dover Inn, Dover, Delaware. They were:
President: Patricia Scarry
Sussex County Department of Libraries
Georgetown, DE 19947
Vice President Elect: Jean Trumbore
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Secretary: Mary Byrne
Delaware Technical and Communtiy College
Terry Campus
Dover, DE
Treasurer: Mark Titus
New Castle County Department of Libraries
Wilmington, DE
The officers, plus the following persons will make up the
executive board for the Association in 1979-1980:
Past President: Florence Brown
Concord Pike Library
Wilmington, DE
ALA Councilor: Helen Bennett
35 Greenway Square
Dover, DE
PLD President: Grace Husted
Hockessin Public Library
Hockessin, DE
CRLD President: Mark Jarrel
Jason Library
Delaware State College
Dover, DE
MARLF Representative: Jane Hukill
Brandywine College
Wilmington, DE
MARLF Representative: John Painter
Delaware Technical & C. C. - Southern Campus
Georgetown, DE 19947
At the first Executive Board meeting in May 1979, the
following persons were appointed as Committee Chairs
for 79-80:
Standing Committees:
Membership: Dave Burdash
Wilmington Institute
Wilmington, DE
Program Committee: Jean Trumbore
Legislative Committee: Florence Brown
Publication Committee: Emily McKnatt
Sussex Central High School
Georgetown, DE
Intellectual Freedom Committee: Mary Lou Pons ell
Wilmington College Library
New Castle, DE
Publicity Committee: Mary Tylecki
Sussex County Law Library
Courthouse
Georgetown, DE
Newly elected officers of the DLA.
Jean Trumbore, Patricia Scarry, Outgoing President
Florence Brown and Mark Titus.
Special Committees:
By-Laws and Manual: Robert Marshall
Kirkwood Highway Library
Wilmington, DE
Placement Committee (J obline) : Helen Barnett
D.T. & C.C. - Stanton Campus
Newark, DE
Scholarship and Awards and Citations Committees:
Mary Catherine Hall
Seaford Senior High School
Seaford, DE
Archivist: Judy Roberts
Cape Henlopen High School
I,ewes, DE
Executive Board meetings are held the third Thursday
of each month at 5:00 p.m. Please notify the secretary if
VOll plan to attend.
Dover Public Library News
Reader Development Project. Florence Rutter of
"Right to Read" trained a class of 17 tutors for a Reader
Development Program. An LSCA grant from the Division
of Libraries will supply books, meeting space if needed
and scheduling for anyone interested in this program.
NOW AVAILABLE AT DPL. James Turner Brown
Geneology on Microfiche.
Kent County Records 1680 -1860.
Dates To Remember
October 2 - 5,1979 MARLF - Lancaster, PA
October 2, 1979 DLA Fall Conference in coordination with
MARLF
November 12 -16,1979 Children's Book Week
November 15 -16, 1979White House Conference on Library
and Information Services
January 20 - 26,1980 ALA Midwinter - Chicago
May 2 - 3,1980 DLA Spring Conference - Radisson Hotel in
Wilmington
June 29 - July 5,1980 ALA Annual Conference -New York
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ALA Councilor"s Report
A convention center and hotel space to accomodate 1,906
meetings, sleeping rooms for 10,650 attendees, and
excellent means of transportation combine to make
Dallas an ideal convention city. Temperatures hovering
at and around 100 degrees are a drawback and fail to
support the energy needed for top efficiency. Several
Delaware Librarians survived the test. It is gratifying to
see the number of conference "goers" from Delaware
steadily increase from year to year.
The Council action in Dallas most relevant for the
Delaware Chapter of ALA, created a Chapter Relations
Office at the Chicago headquarters. The proposal
followed several long-term efforts by the Chapter Rela­tions
Committee, chaired at this time by the Executive
Director of the New York Library Association, Dadie
Parlov. The aim is to provide "a systematic and
continuous approach to ... goals" shared by the national
and state associations. By establishing a Chapter
Relations Office, ALA hopes to develop a closer
relationship with its chapters, strengthen program
development on the chapter level, promote membership
in ALA and the chapters, improve the association
management skills of key chapter staff and officers, and
serve as an ombuds~rson to the chapters.
Another action of Council, personally affecting ALA
members, is an increase in dues. The need for more
resources to sustain programs and meet constantly rising
costs was easily perceived; to what extent personal
members should increase revenue and by what schedule
or means were subjects for debate. There were propo­nents
for a graduated dues schedule. Past experience did
not make this appear feasible. It was finally decided that
the referendum submitted to the membership in Septem­ber
shall provide a $15 increase for personal members, a
$10 increase for foreign members, a $5 increase for non
salaried librarians and no increase for students.
In recent years Council meetings have used more time
in debate on social issues than on libraries and librarian-
See "Eye to Eye"
With Your Students!
The EYE, the Delaware Student News Magazine covers
many topics of interest to young people which range in
variety from problems in school and smoking to music
and fashions. Articles, advice columns and classified ads
are about and for local students. The EYE is published by
Delapeake Publishing Company, Inc., P.O. Box 1148,
Wilmington, Delaware 19899. Phone: 658-7831. Editor
and publisher is Richard S. Brooks.
Contributors to whom we give thanks. Without their help
there would be no copy. THANKS.
Delma Batton John Painter
Helen Bennett Patricia Scarry
Dan Coons Mary Tylecki
Jacquie Davis
Delaware Library Association Bulletin is published four
times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and Swnmer. News
items for inclusion in the DLA Bulletin should be sent to
the editor, Ms. Emily C. McKnatt, DLA Bulletin, P.O. Box
1843. Wilmington, Delaware 19899.
Pres. DLA: Patricia Scarry, Sussex County Librarian,
Georgetown, Delaware 19947; Secretary: Mary Byrne,
Terry Campus Resource Center, Del. Tech. & Comm.
College, Dover, Delawa re 19901 ; Membership : David H.
Burdash, Wilmington Institute Free Libra ry. Wilmington,
Delawa re 19801.
ship. The Equal Rights Amendment continued to be
discussed at length at the last meeting. Last year, by a
majority of one vote, it was decided to hold ALA meetings
only in states that had ratified the ERA amendment. At a
later meeting this action was rescinded. In Dallas,
Council set aside $10,000 for 1978-79 revenues to assist the
chapters in unratified states to pursue ratification and
those ratified states to sustain ERA in a manner
suggested by ALA's task force on ERA. ALA membership
forms will include a provision for contributions to
ERAmerica.
Dissatisfaction with the election results prompted
Council to make the election process a priority on the
agenda. A problem arose because the cut-off date for
mailing ballots was March 1. This deprived members who
renewed membership in March of a vote. (1,381 members
renewed after March 1 and 477 new members were
enrolled.) The dispute was due to a difference in
interpretation of the bylaws and was resolved by a
resolution expressng dissatisfaction to the Executive
Board for failure to mail ballots to the members who
renewed in March and directing that steps be taken to see
that such does not occur in the future. An amendment
directing Council to hold a new election was lost.
Divisional members of DLA should be alerted to a trend
toward holding regional conferences for the ALA divi­sions.
ACRL held a successful conference in New
England and planned a second conference; IASL
received approval for planning a conference to be held
in Cincinnati in 1980.
If the cost of lodging and meals is not prohibative, we
should have a large delegation from Delaware at the New
York conference from June 29-July 5, 1980. It may not be
too early to look for a means to promote this. The 1980
Midwinter conference will be held in Chicago from
January 20-January 26, 1980.
August 16, 1979 Helen H. Bennett
More Books
In The Home!
Children's Book Week will use its original 1919 slogan,
"More Books in the Home", to celebrate its 60th
anniversary Nov. 12 - 16. The Children's Book Council,
Inc., will make available a poster, bookmark, frieze, three
streamers, a mobile and a postcard showing the first Book
Week poster. These materials can be ordered from CBC,
67 Irving Pl., New York, NY 10003.
Baking the Books
Microwave of the Future
Mrs. Delma Batton, head of the Dover Public Library,
used her head, and her microwave oven, to prevent what
would have been a great loss of books due to water
damage. Mrs. Batton wanted to share her experience in
hope that it would benefit others who might come across
the same problem.
A couple of weeks ago during a severe thunder storm
water leaked into the library through an overflowing
basement window drain. Normally the damage would
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have been slight, said Mrs. Batton. But because they were
in the process of moving shelves, many magazines in
boxes, a storytelling collection and the German collection
were not where they normally would be. Instead they
were right where the water was leaking into the library
basement.
The storm occured around midnight and it was the next
day before the library staff found the dripping books and
magazines. "Most of the moisture was simply absorbed
by the cardboard magazine boxes," said Mrs. Batton,
"and most of the issues were wet only on the bottoms.
Those we could not spread to dry were discarded to keep
the mildew from spreading to the rest of the collection."
That was fine for the magazines but that wouldn't do for
the Storytelling Collection - which included books out of
print. "To save the few out-of-print books on storytelling,
I took them home to the freezer. Next day, I defrosted a
few in the microwave oven, placing paper towels between
the pages. When they had been baked for about one and a
half to two minutes, I put them under pressure until they
cooled.
"Thereafter I replaced the papertowels, rebaked the
books, and pressed again, repeating the process two or
three times'a day for several days until they were dry,"
she said.
Mrs. Batton said the results were most satisfactory. A
dozen or so of the books were saved. Mrs. Batton said you
had to be careful about the glue in the spines, but that
short heating episodes seemed to cause no damage.
DLA Spring Conference
The Scene: 25 plus librarians, trustees, and library
workers, cutting, pasting and laughing. The Place:
Dover Inn, Dover, Delaware; The Date: April 27, 1979.
The Occasion: The DLA Spring Conference.
Over 130 participants gathered on April 27-28 to enjoy
DLA's last chapter of their Public Relations extravagan­za.
Workshops on Graphics, writing, newspaper releases,
and constructing radio spots, working with the media, and
slide shows were held at various times throughout the two
days. Mona Garvey, author of Library Displays conduct­ed
entertaining and informative workshops on graphics
and media. Rick Brooks, editor of The Eye, instructed
eager librarians in the techniques of writing newspaper
releases and radio spots. DLA's Don Nelson presented
nine John Cotton Dana award winners, including slide
shows, video tapes, audio tapes, and scrapbo<?ks. In conjunction with the program, DLA's divisions
presented programs for their members. CRLD members
were treated to a panel discussion on Public Relations in
College Libraries. Panel members included: John
Painter, John Dawson and Bushka Bass.
The CRLD Program also included an excellent talk by
Dr. Samuel Cameron, Professor of Psychology at Beaver
College.
PLD members gathered in the early morning hours to
participate in a tour of New Castle County Public
Libraries. Wilmington Institute, Hockessin Public Li­brary,
the Newark -Public Library, and the Appoquini­mink
Public Library, and The Smyrna Public Library
were stops on the trip.
Arthur Kirschenbaum, a regional vice-president of the
American Library Trustees Association presented an
informal "Trustees Dialogue" for Public Library Trus­tees
on Friday morning, April 27. Trustees attending
covered topics such as budgets, the White House Confer­ence,
and the responsibilities of a trustee.
At the DLA business meeting the officers were elected,
and new by-laws were adopted.
"Statewide Systems" Meeting
On July 6,7, and 8, the Institute on "Statewide Systt!ms
for Continuing Education: New Directions" field its first
Advisory Board Planning Meeting in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. This Title lIB funded CLENE Institute is
designed to provide training and material resources
which promote statewide planning and cooderation of
continuing education for library personnel. State Librar­ians
are asked to nominate teams to represent their states
during the Institute year. During the 5 day workshop
scheduled for November 8-13 in Santa Fe, New Mexico
State teams will plan action items for coordinating
Continuing Education in their states.
The Institute Advisory Board established the following
criteria and guidelines for selection of applicants to
participate in the 1979-1980 Institute:
.. The Institute will emphasize a team approach to
planning in each state; therefore, priority is given to
state applications which nominate a three person team
representing the (1) State Library; (2) the library
information media educational programs in the state;
(3) the state's library information media professional
associations.
..Chief Officers of State Librar:9' Agencies are respons­ible
for assembling the teams and may be members of
the teams to represent their states or territories.
.. Applications are welcome from all States and territo­ries
.
.. Applications are welcome from all States and territo­ries;
however, priority will be given to state applica­tions
from the Western United States .
.. Team members should be from agencies or organiza­tions
committed to continuing education and capable of
following through on committments .
.. Team members are expected to attend the entire 5 day
workshop phase of the 1979-1980 Institute scheduled
November 8, 1979 through November 13, 1979 in Santa
Fe, New Mexico. If possible, teams are to attend the
1980 January and June CLENE Institute follow-up meet­ings.
Members of the Institute Advisory Board are: Chair­man,
Clifford Lange, State Librarian of New Mexico;
Anne Marie Falsone, State Librarian of Colorado; Bern­ard
Franckowiak, Associate Professor, University of
Washington, Schooi of Librarianship; Margaret K.
Goggin, University of Denver, Graduate School of Librar­ianship;
Carmela Ruby, Consultant, California State
Library; Johnnie Givens, former Executive Director of
The Southeastern Library Association.
Ex-officio Board members are: Kathleen Weibel,
Continuing Education Consultant, New York State Libr­ary,
and a participant in the 1978179 Institute; Muriel
Howick, Placement Officer, Graduate School of Library
Science, Rosary College, Institute Evaluator; James A.
Nelson, 1979/80 President of CLENE; and Frank Stevens,
Project Monitor for the USOE, Office of Libraries and
Learning Resources.
Staff members for the Institute are: Elizabeth W.
Stone, Project Director, former project director for two
previous CLENEjuSOE Institutes and Chairperson of the
Graduate Department of Library and Information Sci­encp,
The Catholic University of America; Eleanor
Lvnch Biscoe, Program Director, has served as the Staff
Development Officer, at the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville Library and as Personnel Staff Officer with the
Tennessee Valley Authority; Mary Baxter, Research
Associate, former Assistant Director of CLENE, has also
served as Research Associate in the 1976/77 and 1978/79
CIENE!USOE Institutes; Carolyn Hardin is the Institute
Secretary.
Spring Membership Meeting
At the 1979 Spring membership meeting, new by-laws
passed their second reading and therefore were adopted.
The by-laws replace ,DLA's constitutional by-laws, by
adopting ALA's constitution as DLA's and listing various
by-laws to govern the organization.
The primary change is a switch to a more membership
controlled association, rather than one governed by an
Executive Board. The Executive Board is still empower­ed
to manage the association, but the power to set policy,
authorize divisions, and accept affiliations, etc., is
reserved for the membership. Other changes: the
secretary and treasurer will now serve two year tl!rms,
consensus groups of 5-20 members can be formed, mail-in
ballots are now authorized and the executive board will
consist only of elected members.
Immediately following the adoption of the by-laws, a
manual of organization was presented by Robert Mar­shall,
Constitutional By-Laws chairman. The manual will
contain rules and regulations that can be amended more
easily than the by-laws (which requires two readings).
The manual will contain the dues structure, rights and
privileges of members, a history of the organization and
duties of the committee chairmen and officers.
Along with the adoption of the manual, a new dues
schedule will go into effect January 1, 1980:
Personal Membership:
1. Regular members
2. Student members
3. Trustee/lay members
4. Sustaining members
Organizational Membership:
1. Regular
2. Sustaining
$10.00
3.00
5.00
30.00
25.00
50.00
"The Birth of a Nation"
Available
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announces the development of a new concept for the study
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explanatory text in a radically new way-as an informa­tion
system for the shot-by-shot visual and descriptive
reconstruction of classic films. RPl's initial Cinefiche ®
publication is D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, with
analysis and description authored by Professor John
Cuniberti. It will allow students of the cinematic art to
study this classic film intensively, and with an attention to
detail not possible with the traditional medium. The Birth
of a Nation on Cinefiche® should be an integral part of
courses on the history of the motion picture.
The art of the motion picture is the art of images. The
Birth of a Nation on Cinefiche® establishes the basis for
film scholarship which can focus with ever-increasing
precision on the cinematic image. RPl's Cinefiche-@
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The Birth of a Nation easily available to all those
interested in the history of film. The 232 page text
includes a prefatory essay by the distinquished film critic
Jean Mitry and an editorial introduction by Professor
Cuniberti, as well as the shot-by-shot analysis and
explanatory and descriptive notes. The special protective
envelopes which hold the microfiche of The Birth of a
Nation have been bound into the hardbound text. This will
allow the user to move quickly and easily between the text
and the microfiche, providing increased poossibilities for
the understanding of this classic fil'm.
The Children's
Caravan
The Children's Caravan, a summer project sponsored
by the Delaware Division of Libraries, visits the Seaford
Library. Storytellers Bip Pruski and Jan Parsons
enthrall their attentive audience. The Caravan has
visited all the public libraries in the State during the
summer to promote reading and libraries.
Photographs by Dale Massey
Use of
Copyrighted Materials
Dr. Daniel E. Coons
Since the passage of the new Copyright Act of 1978 (P.L.
94-553) a considerable amount of confusion has arisen as
to what is legal and what is illegal for patrons to copy.
While the statements libraries have placed on their
copying machines protect the libraries from personal
charges, we all wish to avoid legal suits such as that
brought against the Niagara County (New York) Board of
Cooperative Educational Services for flagrant violation of
the Copyright Act of 1978, amonting to $10,000,000.
Since an individual patron making a single copy of an
item or article would seldom have to be concerned with
violating the copyright law, the teacher/ instructor
frequenting the library and making multiple copies of
materials for class distribution or other uses should be
aware of the legality of his/ her actions.
The guidelines listed below establish minimum rather
than maximum standards of fair use. Other uses mayor
may not be permitted, depending upon the circumstances.
The teacher/instructor/patron may:
1. Make a single copy of the following:
a. A chapter from a book.
b. An article from a periodical or newspaper.
c. A short story, short essay or short poem, whether
or not from a collective work.
d. A chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or
printed on not more than two pages.
e. A short excerpt (up to 10 percent) from a
performable unit of music, such as song, movement, or
section, for study purposes.
2 .. Make multiple copies (not to exceed one per pupil)
for classroom use of the following:
a. A complete poem if less than 250 words (and if
printed on not more than two pages).
b. An excerpt of not more than 250 words from a
longer poem.
c. A complete article, story or essay of less than 2,500
words.
d. An excerpt from any prose work of not more than
1,000 words (or 10 percent of the work), whichever is less,
but in any event a minimum of 500 words.
e. One chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or
picture per book or per periodical issue.
f. An excerpt of not more than two pages of a "special
work" (such as children's poetry, prose or poetic prose)
containing words and pictures, but not to exceed 10
percent of the words in the text.
g. Up to 10 percent of a performable unit of music
(song, movement, section) for academic purposes other .
than performance.
3. Make a single recording of student performances for
evaluation, rehearsal, or archival purposes.
4. Make a single recording of aural exercises or
examination questions using excerpts from recorded
copyright materials.
5. Make an emergency replacement copy to substitute
for a purchased copy that is not available for an imminent
musical performance.
6. Display a copy of a work on an opaque projector.
7. Make a single transparency, provided the fair use
criteria and guidelines are complied with. (See 1.d.
above)
The teacheI/ instructor/patron may not:
1. Copy to create anthologies, compliations or collective
works or to replace or substitute for them.
2. Copy from works which are intended to be consum­able
(workshops, exercises, standardized tests and test
booklets, and answer sheets.)
3. Copy so as to substitute for the purchase of books,
publishers' reprints, periodicals, music or recordings.
4. ~op~ on direction of higher authority (supervisor,
coordmatmg teacher, principal or if prescribed by the
course of study).
5. Copy the same item from term to term without
securing permission.
6. Copy more than one short work (poem, article, story,
essay) or two excerpts from one author's works in anyone
term.
7. Copy the same material for more than one course in
the school in which the copies are made.
8. Copy more than three short works from the same
collective work or periodical volume during one class
term.
9. Utilize more than nine instances of multiple copying
per course, per term.
10. Make copies of music (or lyrics) for performance of
any ki.nd in the classroom or outside of it, with the
exception of the emergency replacement copy needed for
imminent musical performance.
11. Make copies without inclusion of the copyright
notice.
12. Charge students more than the actual cost of the
authorized copies.
While the librarian should never be placed in the
position of being a policeman (person?) in the enforce­ment
of the Copyright Act, patrons should be made aware
of the limits of the law if they appear to be violating it.
Libraries Receive Code
To aid Delaware citizens in their need for access to the
Delaware Code, the Delaware General Assembly passed
H.B. 406 (62 Del. Laws, Ch. 117). Sponsored by
Representatives Petrilli and Minner, the Act will provide
one set of the Code and its annual pocket supplements
upon a library's application to the State Division of
Purchasing.
DLA Legislative Report
"What you got to give - to get what you want!" is the
DT ,A legislative theme for the MARLF Conference in
Oct{)ber. DLA legislative chairperson, Florence Brown, is
actively planni'ng a practical, grassroots legislative
• program for' those persons attending the regional library
. conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The program is scheduled for Tuesday, October 2, 1979,
beginning at 2:45 p.m. Mrs. Caroline Arden will be the
featured speaker .. How to convince state, federal and
local legislators to support library legislation and issues
will be a prime focal point of the program.
Members of the DLA Legislative Committee are:
Dick Humphries Florence Brown, chair
Ruth MacIntire Jane Hukill
.J ohn Painter Richard Krueger
Svlvia Short Jatendar Tiku
Contributed by John Painter
Simmons College
Given Grants
The School of Library Science is pleased to announce
receipt of the following Title II-B Grants from the U. S.
Office of Education: ,
I. Research and Demonstration Grant: $99,806.00
.. "A Regional Investigation of the Citizen's Information
Needs in New England."
In making the announcement Dean Stueart points out
that the project will be conducted by a very capable group
of researchers headed by Dr. Ching-chih Chen, Professor
and Associate Dean of the School, who will be both
Principal Investigator and Project Director. She will be
assisted by Dr. Peter Hernon and Professor Peter
Neenan, both Assistant Professors in the school. Parts of
the research will also be conducted in cooperation with
King's Research Inc. of Rockville, Maryland with Mr.
Vernon E. Palm our, Senior Vice-President with KRI, as
their project liaison staff member.
This study will be a comprehensive investigation of
citizens' information needs in both rural and urban areas
of the New England region to enable an ultimate
evaluation of library network corsortia effectiveness in
responding to the information requirements of clientele,
present and potential. The immediate objectives of the
investigation are to ascertain the information require­ments
of New England residents, to examine the resi­dents'
perceived level of satisfaction with information
source providers (including all types of libraries), and to
determine a taxonomy of barriers to effective informa­tion-
seeking. Preliminary results of the study will be
made available at the White House Conference on Library
and Information Servlces in November, 979.
DELAWARE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 1843
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
II. Library Training Doctoral Fellowship Grants - Two
Fellowships (including tuition and stipend).
This grant is specifically to encourage qualified minor­ities
and women to pursue the Doctor of Arts program in
Library Administration. Candidates must be U. S.
citizens and admitted to the D. A. program. The
fellowship period can begin either with the fall semester,
September 1979, or the spring semester, January 1980.
More information can be obtained from Fellowship
Project Director, Dr. Ching-chih Chen
School of Library Science
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 738-2224
DLA Bus Tour of the
Library of Congress
On August 22, 1979 a group of Delaware librarians spent
the day touring the Library of Congress. A slide show
entitled "American's Library" preceded a general tour
conducted by reference librarians. Next on the agenda
was a processing tour which was followed by a selection of
specialized tours. The day concluded with dinner at the
Flagship Restaurant and an early arrival home.
Mrs. Gloria Coe of Goldey Beacom College coordinated
the tour. Mrs. Coe said she appreciated the efficiency of
the tours and the kind treatment the group received. She
commented that she would like to see similar trips
arranged more frequently.

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Vo1.33,No.1
Summer 1979
BULLETIN
DLA Fall
Conference
The Delaware Library Association Fall Conference will
be held in cooperation with the Middle Atlantic Regional
Library Federation on Tuesday, October 2, at Host Farm
in Lancaster, Pa.
For the Delaware group, three interesting workshops
have been planned:
The two concurrent morning workshops will be:
"Using Volunteers in Libraries," conducted by Janet
Heiser, Coordinator of Volunteer Services at the Enoch
Pratt Free Library; and "Assertiveness for Librarians,"
conducted by Dr. Patricia Wisch of the YHMA and YWHA
of Philadelphia. Dr. Wisch has previously led assertive­ness
workshops directed specifically to library problems.
The two concurrent afternoon workshops wiJl be a
repeat of the "Assertiveness" Workshop and "Informa­tion
Networking at the Local Level," with keynoter Lilly
Seward from the Maryland State Department of Educa­tion.
The panel consists of: Susan Davi from the
Foundation Center at the University of Delaware Li­brary;
Mary Glick of the United Way of Delaware; and
Gail Gill of the Delaware Academy of Medicine.
Persons attending the "Information Networking"
workshop are encouraged to bring information to the
discussion about centers of information within their own
institutions. Questions to be addressed during the
workshop are: what can be done in my own library, how
can we best bring together resources and then share
information about them and utilize them.
Following the above programs, the Legislative Commit­tee,
chaired by Florence Brown, will present a program
entitled, "What You Got to Give to Get What You Want:
Learning who our friends are, Identifying what the issues
are." Caroline Arden of the Graduate Department of
Library and Information Sciences, Catholic University of
America, will speak of this topic and following her talk,
the results of the questionnaire which was mailed to
members by the Legislative Committee will be discussed.
Business meetings will be held by the College and
Research Libraries Division and the Public Libraries
Division. Following these, the Delaware Library Associa­tion
will hold a business meeting and conference orienta­tion.
We will join the Pennsylvania Library Association at
an evening banquet.
On October 3 through 5 the program for the Middle
Atlantic Regional Library Federation will include meet­ings
on AACR II, online searching, copyright, government
documents, services to children, storytelling and many
other topics. The featured speaker on Thursday, October
4 at the banquet will be Davud Halberstam, author of The
Best and the Brighest and The Powers that Be.
The last MARLF Conference was held six years ago.
This is an opportunity to attend a really big meeting at a
location near home. There will be a large number of
exhibitors at the meeting as well. Plan to spend several
days at MARLF! For registration information call Jane
Hukill, 478-3000 or John Painter, 856-5438, MARLF Re­presentatives
from the Delaware Library Association.
Scholarships & Awards Presented at DLA Spring Conference
Photo: Scholarship chair Floyd Hardy presents Linda
Thomas with a $300.00 scholarship.
Floyd Hardy, DLA Scholarship Committee presented
two Estelle E. Wheelis Scholarships at the DLA Spring
Conference April 27, 1979. The recepients of the $300.00
awards were Evelyn Brownlee, from Wilmington, who
will graduate ftom Drexel University in September, and
Linda Thomas, from Middletown who will begin at the
University of Maryland this fall.
At the DLA Spring Conference, two special awards were
presented:
Dr. John Dawson, who is retiring as the Director of the
University of Delaware Library, received a certificate of
appreciation from DLA. The Association and the
College and Research Libraries Division presented Dr .
Dawson with a silver tray and cordials.
Mrs. Ruth Mitchell, President of the Milford Library
Board was presented a certificate of meritorous service
by the Association and a corsage from the Public Library
Division.
Harrington
Public
Library
Celebrates First Anniversary
The Harrington Public Library and the Greater Har­rington
Historical Society co-sponsored a Heritage Day
program on August 11, 1979. This day was to celebrate the
first anniversary of both organizations.
This program was in the beginning to simply be a day of
recognition for the first anniversary of the opening of the
Harrington Public Library. The library is the first of
three modular libraries in the state of Delaware. The
Kent County Parks and Recreation at the same time were
approaching several towns in Kent and Sussex Counties to
have a Heritage Day program which they were offering
through a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum.
The Library itself was already planning for its anniver­sary
and since we had already co-sponsored a program
with the Historical Society we suggested they be ap­proached.
To make a long story short we decided to join
forces and combine our celebrations to make one
hopefully successful Heritage Day.
With the help of many local groups and individuals
plans got under way for what quickly turned into a very
large celebration. We invited vertually every local club,
organIzation, church and the Chamber of Commerce to
join us in this program and almost all of them helped in
some way.
The events of the day started with Opening Ceremonies
which included Jacquie Davis, Librarian, Mr. Ken
McKnatt, President of the Greater Harrington Historical
Society, The Honorable William Paskey, President, Kent
County Levy Court, Joan Burrit, Kent County Parks &
Recreation, The Honorable Arthur Cahall, III, Mayor of
Harrington, Miss Sylvia Short, Director, Division of
Libraries and Mrs. Charlotte Gagne, President, Harring­ton
Library Advisory Council.
Immediately following opening ceremonies the events
of the day were begun. These events covered a multitude
of things from the Childrens Caravan to Craft Demonstra­tions
such as Basketmaking, Caning, Carving, Cross Cut
Sawing, Horse Shoeing, Lye Soapmaking and Strawberry
Cupmaking. There were other attractions such as a Craft
Bazaar and Flea Market which consisted of some 42
different booths. An Antique Car Show, Antique Farm
Equipment Museum, Miniature Train Rides, Quilt Exhib­it,
Square Dance Demonstrations, Conrail Train and
Station Tours, a bicycle Rodeo and much much more.
Throughout the day there was musical entertainment of
which were many local choral groups, a folk guitar group,
and a hillbilly band.
At 1: 30 in the afternoon there was a "Special Event" held
on the lawn of the city hall which included a Guest
Speaker - Dr. Claudia Bushman from the University of
Delaware. Dr. Bushman addressed herself to the
Heritage of Harrington and the preservation of history.
Her speech was followed with a panel discussion on "What
Happened Here and What Can Happen". The Historical
Society also did some recording of oral histories of local
people.
There was a 'walking tour and a brochure to direct the
participants of the tour. The local newspaper, The
Harrington Journal, did a supplement especially for the
week of Heritage Day. There were posters and fliers all
over town and surrounding areas.
Friday, August 10, the Library Advisory Council and
The Friends of the Library sponsored a Barn Dance. The
dance was attended by some 350 people and was the
kick-off to Heritage Day.
Both events were well attended and a good time was
had by all despite the extreme heat of the day and the rain
which only caused the cancellation of t.Ile last part of the
program a Gong Show and Street Dances.
DEADLINES
Fall Bulletin, , , , , ' , , , .. , .. , , , .. , .. . , .. , October 15, 1979
Winter Bulletin , , .. , , ,. , , , . , . .... , ..... January 15,1980
Spring Bulletin . , . . . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. . . . .. . . April 15, 1980
Summer Bulletin ... .. .... ... . . ..... , . , , . .. July 15,1980
Please submit articles to : Emily McKnatt
Sussex Centrai High School
Georgetown, DE 19947
856-6586
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Children's Summer Programs Successful
Wilmington, Dover, Milford, Seaford and Lewes Public
Libraries reported tremendous success with their Sum­mer
Reading Programs. Children signed up for the
program in the library and those who successfully met the
requirements were given awards. Although details, such
as age levels, varied from library to library, they all had
one thing in common: many children were reading.
Lewes had 107 children sign up and 45 complete the
program. Wilmington had 13, Dover 43, and Seaford had
25 complete their programs. Books and certificates were
given as awards at cookie and lemonade parties for the
children. The children in Lewes received a special treat
because those who signed up for the program at the
library also signed up at a participating MacDonalds. The
children who completed the program were given a free
hamburger and juice courtesy of MacDonalds. Seaford,
Lewes and Dover reported an outstanding increase in
their circulation this summer - for adult books as well as
children's.
Another excellent program this summer was the
Children's Caravan. The white van that brought storytell­ing
and puppet shows attracted many children to the
library. Lewes reported an attendance of 30 - 40 and
Seaford 55 - 125 children each week. Several librarians
commented on the favorable response to this program and
hoped it would continue. The project was sponsored by
the Division of Libraries.
Wilmington Library sponsored several children's pro­grams
this summer. A magic show featuring Joe
Brennan drew an audience of 250 children. Five winners,
one from each of five age groups, were selected for the
Poster Contest and awarded a book.
DLA OFFICERS
Officers for 1979 - 1980 were elected at the Delaware
Library Association business meeting, April 27, 1979, at
the Dover Inn, Dover, Delaware. They were:
President: Patricia Scarry
Sussex County Department of Libraries
Georgetown, DE 19947
Vice President Elect: Jean Trumbore
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Secretary: Mary Byrne
Delaware Technical and Communtiy College
Terry Campus
Dover, DE
Treasurer: Mark Titus
New Castle County Department of Libraries
Wilmington, DE
The officers, plus the following persons will make up the
executive board for the Association in 1979-1980:
Past President: Florence Brown
Concord Pike Library
Wilmington, DE
ALA Councilor: Helen Bennett
35 Greenway Square
Dover, DE
PLD President: Grace Husted
Hockessin Public Library
Hockessin, DE
CRLD President: Mark Jarrel
Jason Library
Delaware State College
Dover, DE
MARLF Representative: Jane Hukill
Brandywine College
Wilmington, DE
MARLF Representative: John Painter
Delaware Technical & C. C. - Southern Campus
Georgetown, DE 19947
At the first Executive Board meeting in May 1979, the
following persons were appointed as Committee Chairs
for 79-80:
Standing Committees:
Membership: Dave Burdash
Wilmington Institute
Wilmington, DE
Program Committee: Jean Trumbore
Legislative Committee: Florence Brown
Publication Committee: Emily McKnatt
Sussex Central High School
Georgetown, DE
Intellectual Freedom Committee: Mary Lou Pons ell
Wilmington College Library
New Castle, DE
Publicity Committee: Mary Tylecki
Sussex County Law Library
Courthouse
Georgetown, DE
Newly elected officers of the DLA.
Jean Trumbore, Patricia Scarry, Outgoing President
Florence Brown and Mark Titus.
Special Committees:
By-Laws and Manual: Robert Marshall
Kirkwood Highway Library
Wilmington, DE
Placement Committee (J obline) : Helen Barnett
D.T. & C.C. - Stanton Campus
Newark, DE
Scholarship and Awards and Citations Committees:
Mary Catherine Hall
Seaford Senior High School
Seaford, DE
Archivist: Judy Roberts
Cape Henlopen High School
I,ewes, DE
Executive Board meetings are held the third Thursday
of each month at 5:00 p.m. Please notify the secretary if
VOll plan to attend.
Dover Public Library News
Reader Development Project. Florence Rutter of
"Right to Read" trained a class of 17 tutors for a Reader
Development Program. An LSCA grant from the Division
of Libraries will supply books, meeting space if needed
and scheduling for anyone interested in this program.
NOW AVAILABLE AT DPL. James Turner Brown
Geneology on Microfiche.
Kent County Records 1680 -1860.
Dates To Remember
October 2 - 5,1979 MARLF - Lancaster, PA
October 2, 1979 DLA Fall Conference in coordination with
MARLF
November 12 -16,1979 Children's Book Week
November 15 -16, 1979White House Conference on Library
and Information Services
January 20 - 26,1980 ALA Midwinter - Chicago
May 2 - 3,1980 DLA Spring Conference - Radisson Hotel in
Wilmington
June 29 - July 5,1980 ALA Annual Conference -New York
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ALA Councilor"s Report
A convention center and hotel space to accomodate 1,906
meetings, sleeping rooms for 10,650 attendees, and
excellent means of transportation combine to make
Dallas an ideal convention city. Temperatures hovering
at and around 100 degrees are a drawback and fail to
support the energy needed for top efficiency. Several
Delaware Librarians survived the test. It is gratifying to
see the number of conference "goers" from Delaware
steadily increase from year to year.
The Council action in Dallas most relevant for the
Delaware Chapter of ALA, created a Chapter Relations
Office at the Chicago headquarters. The proposal
followed several long-term efforts by the Chapter Rela­tions
Committee, chaired at this time by the Executive
Director of the New York Library Association, Dadie
Parlov. The aim is to provide "a systematic and
continuous approach to ... goals" shared by the national
and state associations. By establishing a Chapter
Relations Office, ALA hopes to develop a closer
relationship with its chapters, strengthen program
development on the chapter level, promote membership
in ALA and the chapters, improve the association
management skills of key chapter staff and officers, and
serve as an ombuds~rson to the chapters.
Another action of Council, personally affecting ALA
members, is an increase in dues. The need for more
resources to sustain programs and meet constantly rising
costs was easily perceived; to what extent personal
members should increase revenue and by what schedule
or means were subjects for debate. There were propo­nents
for a graduated dues schedule. Past experience did
not make this appear feasible. It was finally decided that
the referendum submitted to the membership in Septem­ber
shall provide a $15 increase for personal members, a
$10 increase for foreign members, a $5 increase for non
salaried librarians and no increase for students.
In recent years Council meetings have used more time
in debate on social issues than on libraries and librarian-
See "Eye to Eye"
With Your Students!
The EYE, the Delaware Student News Magazine covers
many topics of interest to young people which range in
variety from problems in school and smoking to music
and fashions. Articles, advice columns and classified ads
are about and for local students. The EYE is published by
Delapeake Publishing Company, Inc., P.O. Box 1148,
Wilmington, Delaware 19899. Phone: 658-7831. Editor
and publisher is Richard S. Brooks.
Contributors to whom we give thanks. Without their help
there would be no copy. THANKS.
Delma Batton John Painter
Helen Bennett Patricia Scarry
Dan Coons Mary Tylecki
Jacquie Davis
Delaware Library Association Bulletin is published four
times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and Swnmer. News
items for inclusion in the DLA Bulletin should be sent to
the editor, Ms. Emily C. McKnatt, DLA Bulletin, P.O. Box
1843. Wilmington, Delaware 19899.
Pres. DLA: Patricia Scarry, Sussex County Librarian,
Georgetown, Delaware 19947; Secretary: Mary Byrne,
Terry Campus Resource Center, Del. Tech. & Comm.
College, Dover, Delawa re 19901 ; Membership : David H.
Burdash, Wilmington Institute Free Libra ry. Wilmington,
Delawa re 19801.
ship. The Equal Rights Amendment continued to be
discussed at length at the last meeting. Last year, by a
majority of one vote, it was decided to hold ALA meetings
only in states that had ratified the ERA amendment. At a
later meeting this action was rescinded. In Dallas,
Council set aside $10,000 for 1978-79 revenues to assist the
chapters in unratified states to pursue ratification and
those ratified states to sustain ERA in a manner
suggested by ALA's task force on ERA. ALA membership
forms will include a provision for contributions to
ERAmerica.
Dissatisfaction with the election results prompted
Council to make the election process a priority on the
agenda. A problem arose because the cut-off date for
mailing ballots was March 1. This deprived members who
renewed membership in March of a vote. (1,381 members
renewed after March 1 and 477 new members were
enrolled.) The dispute was due to a difference in
interpretation of the bylaws and was resolved by a
resolution expressng dissatisfaction to the Executive
Board for failure to mail ballots to the members who
renewed in March and directing that steps be taken to see
that such does not occur in the future. An amendment
directing Council to hold a new election was lost.
Divisional members of DLA should be alerted to a trend
toward holding regional conferences for the ALA divi­sions.
ACRL held a successful conference in New
England and planned a second conference; IASL
received approval for planning a conference to be held
in Cincinnati in 1980.
If the cost of lodging and meals is not prohibative, we
should have a large delegation from Delaware at the New
York conference from June 29-July 5, 1980. It may not be
too early to look for a means to promote this. The 1980
Midwinter conference will be held in Chicago from
January 20-January 26, 1980.
August 16, 1979 Helen H. Bennett
More Books
In The Home!
Children's Book Week will use its original 1919 slogan,
"More Books in the Home", to celebrate its 60th
anniversary Nov. 12 - 16. The Children's Book Council,
Inc., will make available a poster, bookmark, frieze, three
streamers, a mobile and a postcard showing the first Book
Week poster. These materials can be ordered from CBC,
67 Irving Pl., New York, NY 10003.
Baking the Books
Microwave of the Future
Mrs. Delma Batton, head of the Dover Public Library,
used her head, and her microwave oven, to prevent what
would have been a great loss of books due to water
damage. Mrs. Batton wanted to share her experience in
hope that it would benefit others who might come across
the same problem.
A couple of weeks ago during a severe thunder storm
water leaked into the library through an overflowing
basement window drain. Normally the damage would
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(Baking the Books Cont.)
have been slight, said Mrs. Batton. But because they were
in the process of moving shelves, many magazines in
boxes, a storytelling collection and the German collection
were not where they normally would be. Instead they
were right where the water was leaking into the library
basement.
The storm occured around midnight and it was the next
day before the library staff found the dripping books and
magazines. "Most of the moisture was simply absorbed
by the cardboard magazine boxes," said Mrs. Batton,
"and most of the issues were wet only on the bottoms.
Those we could not spread to dry were discarded to keep
the mildew from spreading to the rest of the collection."
That was fine for the magazines but that wouldn't do for
the Storytelling Collection - which included books out of
print. "To save the few out-of-print books on storytelling,
I took them home to the freezer. Next day, I defrosted a
few in the microwave oven, placing paper towels between
the pages. When they had been baked for about one and a
half to two minutes, I put them under pressure until they
cooled.
"Thereafter I replaced the papertowels, rebaked the
books, and pressed again, repeating the process two or
three times'a day for several days until they were dry,"
she said.
Mrs. Batton said the results were most satisfactory. A
dozen or so of the books were saved. Mrs. Batton said you
had to be careful about the glue in the spines, but that
short heating episodes seemed to cause no damage.
DLA Spring Conference
The Scene: 25 plus librarians, trustees, and library
workers, cutting, pasting and laughing. The Place:
Dover Inn, Dover, Delaware; The Date: April 27, 1979.
The Occasion: The DLA Spring Conference.
Over 130 participants gathered on April 27-28 to enjoy
DLA's last chapter of their Public Relations extravagan­za.
Workshops on Graphics, writing, newspaper releases,
and constructing radio spots, working with the media, and
slide shows were held at various times throughout the two
days. Mona Garvey, author of Library Displays conduct­ed
entertaining and informative workshops on graphics
and media. Rick Brooks, editor of The Eye, instructed
eager librarians in the techniques of writing newspaper
releases and radio spots. DLA's Don Nelson presented
nine John Cotton Dana award winners, including slide
shows, video tapes, audio tapes, and scrapbo